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N [TED STATES FATENT OFFICE.

S. E. TOMPKINS AND J. MACLURE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; SAID MACLURE ASSIGNOR TO SAID TOMPKINS.

HARNESS-SADDLETREE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22,841, dated February 1, 1859; Ressued January 2, 1872, No. 4,699.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAML. E. ToMriiiNs and JOHN MACLURE, both of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Harness- Saddletrees; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a vertical section of my invention taken in the line Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section of ditto, taken in the line y, y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a plan or top view of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention consists in a novel way of attaching the seat block of the saddle to the tree as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby a wooden seat block, or one constructed of any soft material may be secured to the tree equally as firm and without any greater liability of working loose than the ordinary metal seat block.

The object of the invention is to obtain a light and durable saddle tree, one that may be constructed with greater facility than usual and admit of being covered so as to form a saddle equally as symmetrical as any constructed according to the usual or well known modes.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct our invention we will proceed to describe it.

A, represents the bow or sides of the tree which is constructed of cast metal and of the usual or approximate form. This bow or tree at its upper part and on the curve near its front end has a projection a, which may be of rectangular form and tubular.

B, is the seat block which may be constructed of wood, composition or any soft light material. This seat block may be of the usual size and form, and it may b e secured to the top or curved part of the tree by a screw Z), and a mortise is made through the front part of the seat block to allow the pro-jection a, to pass through,y the upper end of said projection being flush with the upper surface of the seat block, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.

C, is the check rein hook, which is curved as usual, the upper part extending over toward the center of the seat block. The lower end of the hook has an eye c, made in it and a bolt D, passes through the tubular projection a, and through the eye c, of the check rein hook, a nut cl, being fitted on the lower end of the bolt D. The head c, of the bolt D, rests or bears on the upper surface of the projection a, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, the bolt and check rein hook not being shown in Fig. 3.

The nut d, it will be seen rmly secures the check rein hook to the tree and the head e, retains the front part of the seat block B, on the projection a, at the same time the head e, is prevented from bearing on the seat block in consequence of the projection a. The bolt D, therefore cannot injure the seat block in consequence of its being formed of a soft material, for no part of the bolt is in direct contact with it, and the nut d may be screwed up as tightly as may be desired or as occasion may require in order to firmly attach the check rein hook C, to

the tree.

The employment or use of wooden seat blocks for harness saddle trees is desirable, it rendersthe treeV much lighter than those having a metal seat block, and by their use the construction of the trees is greatly facilitated.

Ve wo-uld remark that it is not essential that a hollow projection a, with four sides be always employed,*two sides may be used, but we prefer having a four sided tubular projection as shown and described.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

The tubular projection a, on the bow A, of the tree, substantially as shown, so as to form a case for the bolt D, and permit the securing of the wooden seat block to the tree without injuring the same or allowing it to work loose, and at the same time securing the check rein hook C, to the tree.

SAML. E. 'roMPKINs JOHN MACLURE.

Witnesses W. HAUFF, WM. TUsoI-IL.

[FIRST PRINTED 1911.] 

